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valentino garavani
birth place: Voghera Italy
birth date: 11 May 1932
birth date: 11 May 1932
zodiac sign / horoscope: taurus
stylist, couturier, fashion designer, entrepreneur
“I love beauty. It is not my fault.”
- Valentino Garavani
1932, Valentino Garavani was born in Voghera, Lombardy, in northern Italy, 572 kms from Rome, the future head office of Valentino`s fashion empire.
1950s: Paris, apprentice years
In 1950, Valentino went to Paris and studied design at the schools of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, and became apprentice afterwards with French couturier Jean Dessès. Over the nine years he spent in Paris, he also apprenticed with Jacques Fath, Balenciaga, and Guy Laroche.
In 1950, Valentino went to Paris and studied design at the schools of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, and became apprentice afterwards with French couturier Jean Dessès. Over the nine years he spent in Paris, he also apprenticed with Jacques Fath, Balenciaga, and Guy Laroche.
1959: Maison Valentino
In 1959 Valentino returned to Italy and opened his own fashion house on the via Condotti in Rome with financial assistance from his father, and presented his first couture collection, displaying 120 luxurious outfits notable for their stoles and draped panels that emphasized the shoulders.
“I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.”
—Valentino Garavani
1960s:
1960s is the most important decade in Valentino`s career, he met two people that changed his life, Giancarlo Giammetti who helped him build Valentino Empire, and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who became his most important client and gave him worldwide fame.
1960s is the most important decade in Valentino`s career, he met two people that changed his life, Giancarlo Giammetti who helped him build Valentino Empire, and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who became his most important client and gave him worldwide fame.
1960: on July 31, 1960, on Via Veneto in Rome, Valentino met Giancarlo Giammetti, who would become his lover, business partner, and the most important person in his life.
1962: Valentino had his first fashion show on the runway of the Sala Bianca in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence in July 1962, and his French Vogue cover.
1967: Valentino received the Neiman Marcus Award in Dallas, and in October1968, he designed the wedding dress of Jackie Kennedy Onassis for her wedding with Aristotle Onassis.
1970s: Age of Valentino ready to wear and licencing
1980s: low hemlines and high living
1990s: Mr. Valentino says adieu to Valentino
In 1998, Valentino and Giancarlo sold the Valentino Empire they built together for more than 300 million euros to Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali SpA (HdP) group run by Maurizio Romiti, but Valentino continued working as creative director according to the contract.
In 1998, Valentino and Giancarlo sold the Valentino Empire they built together for more than 300 million euros to Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali SpA (HdP) group run by Maurizio Romiti, but Valentino continued working as creative director according to the contract.
2000s: la dolce vita with love
2007, July 6, Rome, Museum Aca Pacis, Valentino Garavani celebrated his 45 year of career as couturier in the form of a special exhibition.
homes:
Valentino Garavani not only is seen as emperior of haute couture, but also king of high living: He has 5 homes around the world: the Louis XIII château Wideville near Paris, the villa in Rome, the Chalet Gifferhorn in Gstaad, the town house in London, and a Manhattan apartment, all designed by himself, with the help of internationally acclaimed architects and interior designers Renzo Mongiardino, Peter Marino, Henri Samuel, François-Joseph Graf, and Jacques Grange, etc.
In these homes, he relaxes and reigns, but also entertains, albeit only intimately.
Valentino Garavani not only is seen as emperior of haute couture, but also king of high living: He has 5 homes around the world: the Louis XIII château Wideville near Paris, the villa in Rome, the Chalet Gifferhorn in Gstaad, the town house in London, and a Manhattan apartment, all designed by himself, with the help of internationally acclaimed architects and interior designers Renzo Mongiardino, Peter Marino, Henri Samuel, François-Joseph Graf, and Jacques Grange, etc.
In these homes, he relaxes and reigns, but also entertains, albeit only intimately.
I'm always quite willing to go to other people's large parties, but in my own house I wouldn't be able to face the upheaval they bring in their wake. I'm an incurable obsessive.”
- Valentino Garavani
Chateau de Wideville, Crespières - Davron, Paris, France
Villa, Via Appia Antica, Rome, Italy
Chalet Gifferhorn, Gsstard, Switzerland
Town house London England
Apartment Manhattan New York, USA
- The cars
- The yacht
- The jet
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